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System and method for the determination of tissue properties

US5879373A · kind A · utility

494Cited by

5References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

Josef K. Roper · Schifferstadt, DE
Dirk Bocker · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 1995
Grant date	Mar 9, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/411
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

System for determining the properties of tissue parts of a living organism, comprising an optoelectronic measuring device (10) and an attachment device (20) which is opaque to light and surrounds a measuring window (28) through which determinations are carried out. The device (20) has one or several components (26) for reproducibly attaching the measuring device (10) in a direction toward a first surface of the tissue. Other subject matters of the invention are an attachment device (20) and a method for determining the properties of tissue parts with the aid of the claimed system.

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